DICTIONARY
The Chinese word nian - 年 - nián
(year in Chinese)
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
nián
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English translations
year, yearly,
age, annual
Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 年 ( nián ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The traditional Chinese characters of nián are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Topic
Character complexity
年 is composed of 6 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
age | young
年 ( nian / nián ) belongs to the 50 most common Chinese characters (rank 30)
年 ( nian / nián ) belongs to the 50 most common Chinese characters (rank 30)
Chinese example words containing the character 年 ( nian / nián )
拜年 ( bàinián = to wish somebody a Happy New Year ), 当年 ( dāngnián = this year ), 今年 ( jīnnián = this year ), 明年 ( míngnián = next year ), 年画儿 ( niánhuàr = New Year picture ), 年级 ( niánjí = grade ), 年纪 ( niánjì = age ), 年龄 ( niánlíng = age ), 年轻 ( niánqīng = young ), 年夜饭 ( niányèfàn = new year's eve family dinner ), 青年 ( qīngnián = youth ), 青年旅馆 ( qīngnián lǚshè = youth hostel ), 去年 ( qùnián = last year ), 少年 ( shàonián = juvenile ), 新年 ( xīnnián = new year ), 中年 ( zhōngnián = midlife ), 周年 ( zhōunián = anniversary ), 周年快乐 ( zhōuniánkuàilè = happy anniversary )
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